Bout
WordNet
noun
(1) An occasion for excessive eating or drinking
"They went on a bust that lasted three days"
(2) A contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
(3) A period of illness
"A bout of fever"
"A bout of depression"
(4) (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An instance of something lasting a short period.
- a bout of fighting
- An attack (of an illness, etc).
- a bout of flu
- An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
- A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
- An outside circuit of a field made with a plough or implement to mark the ground and create a headland.
- a bout of the field